Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe DADE CITY, Fla., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A Florida man who didn't want to serve jury duty in Dade City is behind bars instead. Daniel Harrell showed up for his first day of a jury trial, handed his badge to the bailiff and said he didn't want to be on the jury, the St. Petersburg Times reported Thursday. Advertisement Circuit Judge Wayne Cobb called him into his chambers and told him he'd be found in contempt if he continued to refuse to serve. Harrell refused to sit on the jury, and Cobb sentenced him to 15 days in jail, the Times reported. "That's fine with me," Harrell told Cobb after hearing his sentence. "Because of you all putting me in jail for not, you know, not doing that ... . I don't like the judicial system anyways. So you all do whatever you have to do." Cobb told the newspaper the 15-day sentence was on the light side. "I really thought 30 (days), but I decided to go easy," he told the Times. "I wanted it (to last) more than the trial."
